DAILY DEVOTIONAL
June 1 — The Spirit stays
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June 1 — The Spirit Stays
"And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;" — John 14:16 (KJV)
Pentecost was eight days ago. The candles are put away. The readings on Sunday have shifted. It is easy, in a week, to treat the feast like a season that came and went.
It didn't. That's the point of the verse above. The Helper who came on Pentecost did not come for a weekend. He came to stay.
We notice this most on the small mornings. A Tuesday at 6:15, the kettle on, no one else awake yet. There is no fire over the head, no rushing wind. There is just the same quiet Spirit who was given to the church in Acts 2, still given to the church now, still teaching the Scriptures, still interceding when our words run out. Romans 8:26 says He prays in us with groanings we cannot put into language. He does this on the Tuesday at 6:15 too.
Our task this month is not to recover Pentecost. We are not the ones who keep the Spirit. He keeps us. Our task is to remember Him on the ordinary days — to keep the line of attention open between the kitchen and the throne.
A short prayer for this morning, before the day starts pulling:
Come, Holy Spirit, fill this house today. Teach us what we cannot teach ourselves. Pray in us when we do not know how to pray.
That is enough for a Monday.
May the Lord bless you and keep you.